Research - Bora

Introducing the Newest Members of #TeamBora

09.03.25

Say hello to our newest teammates! ◾ Marianne Nepsund (Architect) comes to Bora with experience spanning a wide range of…

Good Things (and People!) Come in Threes

08.27.25

Welcoming these new additions to team Bora! Hannah Franks (Project Administrator) is an experienced project coordinator whose career has centered…

One Woman’s Perspective on Bora’s Hood to Coast 2025 ‘Mies Van Der Run’ Team

08.25.25

The Hood to Coast relay is always a feat. But this year in particular? We had to fight against record-breaking…

Meet the Architectural Designers Shaping Bora’s Future

08.21.25

Nothing says “Architect” like the classic black fit! Meet the newest architectural designers to join team Bora: ■ Luja Maharjan…

Corey Squire Delivers Keynote at AIA LA’s 1.5°C Symposium on Climate Change

04.21.25

Corey Squire, Bora’s Director of Sustainability, recently delivered the keynote address at the 8th annual 1.5°C Symposium on Climate Change,…

Celebrating One Year of “People, Planet, Design”

11.22.24

Bora’s Director of Sustainability Corey Squire’s book “People, Planet, Design” celebrates its one-year anniversary! This powerful book reimagines sustainability in design,…

White Paper: Getting Acquainted with Mass Timber

05.28.24

As mass timber structures make their way into mainstream construction, architects are increasingly championing their role in reducing buildings’ carbon…

Why Electric Cars Won’t Save The World, But Electric Bikes Might

04.24.24

There’s a lot of discussion around electric cars right now, and their potential for addressing the climate crisis. Electrification is…

Miguel Hidalgo to Present on Lincoln High School’s Inclusive Dining Design

04.04.24

The new PPS Lincoln High School in Portland, OR, features a centralized, inclusive dining commons that transformed a socially segregated…

Engaged Learning at All Scales:
The OSU Learning Innovation Center

07.06.23

When the Learning Innovation Center (LINC) at Oregon State University was built in 2015, it upended traditional university lecture halls…

International Mass Timber Conference Insights

05.04.23

Kicking off a multipart series highlighting Bora’s mass timber efforts, we collected the major takeaways from staff who attended the…

Offsetting Our Carbon Footprint

04.04.23

Bora achieves 50% reduction in operational carbon emissions and has offset 100% of its carbon footprint since 2006.

Building to Meet the Moment: The Vision Behind Our New Studio

10.26.22

Architects have a unique relationship with the buildings they inhabit, as not every profession gets to occupy the outcome of…

Designing Healthy Buildings

06.08.22

For all the health advice out there, the scientific consensus is fairly settled on what constitutes a healthy diet: “Eat…

Lincoln High School is Tight!

06.01.22

Here at Bora, we’re celebrating the result of last week’s whole building airtightness test of Lincoln High School, which achieved…

Needs of the Future / Needs of the Present

10.22.21

We’re not going back to normal. That’s the major takeaway from the most recent report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel…